pharyngeal

English

Alternative forms

• pharyngal

Etymology

From Late Latin pharyngeus +‎ -al, from pharynx (“the pharynx”) +‎ -eus (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fəˈɹɪn.d͡ʒi.əl/, /fəˈɹɪn.ʒi.əl/, /ˌfa.ɹɪnˈd͡ʒiː.əl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌfɛɹ.ənˈd͡ʒi.əl/, /ˌfæɹ.ənˈd͡ʒi.əl/, /fəˈɹɪn.d͡ʒi.əl/, /fəˈɹɪn.d͡ʒəl/
• Rhymes: -ɪnd͡ʒiəl, -ɪnʒiəl, -iːəl, -ɪnd͡ʒəl

Adjective

pharyngeal (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the pharynx.
2. (phonetics) Articulated with the pharynx; a term usually describing a consonant which is articulated by the rear area of the tongue being raised to below the region between the uvula and the pharyngeal wall. The term cannot apply to a plosive or stop consonant.

Derived terms

• basipharyngeal
• buccopharyngeal
• cardiopharyngeal
• cephalopharyngeal
• chondropharyngeal
• circumpharyngeal
• craniopharyngeal
• cricopharyngeal
• cytopharyngeal
• epiglottopharyngeal
• epipharyngeal
• esophagopharyngeal
• extrapharyngeal
• glossopharyngeal
• hypopharyngeal
• inferior pharyngeal constrictor
• infrapharyngeal
• intrapharyngeal
• laryngopharyngeal
• mesopharyngeal
• middle pharyngeal constrictor
• nasopharyngeal
• nonpharyngeal
• oculopharyngeal
• oropharyngeal
• palatopharyngeal
• parapharyngeal
• peripharyngeal
• pharyngeal arch
• pharyngeal constrictor
• pharyngealize
• pharyngeal plexus
• pharyngeal tonsil
• postpharyngeal
• prepharyngeal
• retropharyngeal
• rhinopharyngeal
• stylopharyngeal
• subpharyngeal
• superior pharyngeal constrictor
• thyropharyngeal
• transpharyngeal
• velopharyngeal

 

Descendants

• → New Latin: pharyngeālis

Translations

of or pertaining to the pharynx

• Arabic: بُلْعُومِيّ (bulʕūmiyy)
• Catalan: faringi (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 咽的 (zh) (yān-de)

• Czech: hltanový (cs), faryngální (cs)
• Dutch: faringisch
• Finnish: nielu- (fi)
• French: pharyngé (fr), pharyngien (fr)
• Galician: farínxeo (gl) m
• German: pharyngisch, pharyngal (de)
• Greek: φαρυγγικός (el) (faryngikós)
• Hebrew: לועי m (loí)
• Italian: faringale
• Japanese: 咽頭 (ja) (いんとう, intō)
• Latin: pharyngicus
• Portuguese: faríngeo (pt), faringiano, faríngico
• Russian: гло́точный (ru) (glótočnyj), фарингеа́льный (faringeálʹnyj)
• Spanish: faríngeo (es)
• Swedish: svalg-, faryngal
• Volapük: farinik
• Welsh: sefnigol, argegol

of pharyngeal sounds

• Arabic: حَلْقِيّ (ḥalqiyy)
• Catalan: faringi (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 咽的 (zh) (yān-de)

• Dutch: faringisch
• Finnish: kurkku- (fi), faryngaalinen (fi)
• French: pharyngé (fr), pharyngien (fr)
• Galician: farínxeo (gl) m
• Georgian: ხახისმიერი (xaxismieri), ფარინგალური (paringaluri)
• German: pharyngisch, pharyngal (de)
• Greek: φαρυγγικός (el) (faryngikós)
• Hebrew: לועי m (loí)
• Italian: faringale
• Japanese: 咽頭音 (いんとうおん, intō-on) (pharyngeal sound)
• Latin: pharyngicus
• Portuguese: faríngeo (pt)
• Russian: горта́нный (ru) (gortánnyj), фаринга́льный (ru) (faringálʹnyj), фарингеа́льный (faringeálʹnyj)
• Spanish: faríngeo (es)
• Welsh: sefnigol, argegol

Noun

pharyngeal (plural pharyngeals)

1. (phonetics) A sound that is articulated with the pharynx; ellipsis of pharyngeal consonant..

References

• “pharyngeal”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “pharyngeal”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.